I’ve got the UK Anchor Bay 20th Anniversary edition, which is the first edition released in an anamorphic format (1.77:1). “Windowboxing”, as I’ve heard an all-around black border referred to, is especially bad. You’ve only got 480 lines (or 855×480 pixels, in digital terms) to work with, so any border robs you of detail. This UK version is of course 576 lines (PAL) and the image almost perfectly covers the entire area. A very good remastered release that Criterion should really consider buying to update their old copy.
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I’ve got the UK Anchor Bay 20th Anniversary edition, which is the first edition released in an anamorphic format (1.77:1). “Windowboxing”, as I’ve heard an all-around black border referred to, is especially bad. You’ve only got 480 lines (or 855×480 pixels, in digital terms) to work with, so any border robs you of detail. This UK version is of course 576 lines (PAL) and the image almost perfectly covers the entire area. A very good remastered release that Criterion should really consider buying to update their old copy.
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